Image title: Sherpa small bronze bowl

Kora (कोरा) refers to a “small bronze bowl to drink liquid things”. It is a Nepali word which can also be transliterated as Korā.

The text in Devanagari reads:

कोरा - झोल पदार्थ पिउन प्रयोग गरिने सानो खालका बदुकाहरु

Transliteration (IAST):

korā - jhola padārtha piuna prayoga garine sāno khālakā badukāharu.

Plain text (initially IAST, brackets indicate Hunterian):

kora - ... [jhol] padartha ... [piun prayog] ... sano khalaka badukaharu [badukahru].

Gallery information:

The Sherpa people refers to one of the indigenous ethnic group from Nepal (the Himalayan regions) who migrated out of Tibet as early as the 13th century. Their religion is Tibetan Buddhism (particularly Nyingma) and they worship mountains as Gods pr protector deities. Sherpas speak Sino-Tibetan which represents a dialect of Tibetan.